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Historical Event on 6/13/1965

Maninder Singh Harbansingh Billa, cricketer (Indian leftarm spinner in 35 Tests 1982-93), was born in Pune.

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7/10/1927Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults.
4/24/1932450 people seized by British for defying ban on Indian National Congress.
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1/6/1948Security Council takes up India's complaint charging Pakistan with aggression in Kashmir.
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5/5/1942Henry Albert John Gidney, great leader and politician, died at New Delhi.